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Title: History of Julius Caesar
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
Subjects: Caesar, Julius
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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isappeared from Spain. The conquerorreturned to Rome the undisputed master of thewhole Roman world. Then came his triumphs. Triumphs weregreat celebrations, by which military heroes inthe days of the Roman commonwealth signal-ized their victories on their return to the city.Caesars triumphs were four, one for each of hisfour great successful campaigns, viz., in Egypt,in Asia Minor, in Africa, and in Spain. Eachwas celebrated on a separate day, and there wasan interval of several days between them, tomagnify their importance, and swell the generalinterest which they excited among the vastpopulation of the city. On one of these days,the triumphal car in which Caesar rode, whichwas most magnificently adorned, broke down onthe way, and Caesar was nearly thrown out ofit by the shock. The immense train of cars,horses, elephants, flags, banners, captives, andtrophies which formed the splendid processionwas all stopped by the accident, and a consider-able delay ensued. Night came on, in fact,
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B.C. 47.) CiESAR Imperator. 227 Elephant torch-bearers. Trophies and emblems. before the column could again be put in motionto enter the city, and then Csesar, whose geniuswas never more strikingly shown than when hehad opportunity to turn a calamity to advant-age, conceived the idea of employing the fortyelephants of the train as torch-bearers ; thelong procession accordingly advanced throughthe streets and ascended to the Capitol, lightedby the great blazing flambeaus which the sa-gacious and docile beasts were easily taught tobear, each elephant holding one in his proboscis,and waving it above the crowd around him. In these triumphal processions, every thingwas borne in exhibition which could serve as asymbol of the conquered country or a trophy ofvictory. Flags and banners taken from theenemy; vessels of gold and silver, and othertreasures, loaded in vans; wretched captivesconveyed in open carriages or marching sor-rowfully on foot, and destined, some of them,to public execution w

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